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S£r£ PAGE 5 FOR COTTAGES. 




No. I.— Northwest Cor. Brigantine Ave. and Eighth St., North. 



COUTH JERSEY SEASHORE RESORTS will depend for their 
*^ growth largely upon their accessibility from Philadelphia. Taking this 
city as the starting point, we find that Atlantic City is the nearest resort 
in distance and railroad time. The railroad mileage is no greater to Brigantine 
than to Atlantic City and the time will be no longer when the travel warrants 
better train service. 

Brigantine Island stands off from the mainland about six miles ; all the 
intervening space being taken up with meadows, bays and thoroughfares. 

Like Absecon Island, upon which Atlantic City stands, Brigantine Island 
is made up of sand hills and meadow lands. The average elevation of the two 
islands is about the same ; the established grade being between six and seven 
feet above mean high water mark. 

The accompanying map'gives the names of bays, channels and thorough- 
fares ; also shows inside sailing route to Beach Haven, as well as steamboat 
ferry to Atlantic City. Attention is called to the meridian lines on the map, 
showing that the beach faces the southeast. Consequently it receives the 
prevailing south winds before they have passed over intervening land and been 
deprived of their ozone or raised in temperature. 



CALL AT LAND OFFICE FOR LOCAL MAP. 



From its proximity, Brigantine stands in a position to share in the 
overflow of population from Atlantic City, and should be regarded as a suburb 
of it — not wholly dependent, 
but holding a relationship of 
reciprocal interest. 

When Atlantic City was incor- 
porated in 1854, it had a popu- 
lation of 230, just about what 
Brigantine now has. After a 
lapse of forty years Atlantic City 
has a population of 25,000, and 
a property value of more than 
^20, 00c, 000. The rise in values 
durmg the past ten years has 
been over 400 per cent. These 

figures are significant, and in- ___________„_ ______„ 

dicate a continuous and accele- 

No. 2.— Northwest Cor. Brigantine Ave. and 

ratmg development, which will Seventh street, North. 

make itself felt beyond Absecon Inlet. 



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GENERAL NOTES, 

BRIGANTINE is an island of about 1,400 acres in area. It is a little more 
than six miles long, and varies in width from a few hundred feet to a half 
mile. Absecon Inlet separates it from Atlantic City on the southwest, 
and Brigantine Inlet separates it from Island Beach on the east. The borough 
of Brigantine, comprising 1,286 acres, was erected in 1890 from the township 
of Galloway. Owing to the limitations upon the area of boroughs there were 
parts of the island that were not included in the borough, but remained in the 
township. Consequently the incorporated borough did not comprise the whole 
island. 

By an Act of the Legislature, approved April 23, 1897, the whole island 
was incorporated under the name of Brigantine City. Hereafter the money 
received for local taxes will not be shared by off-shore people. 

The resident population is about 250, and the assessed valuation of 
property something over $200,000. 

Between two and three miles of the most important streets have been 
graded. 

The scheme of drainage contemplates carrying all sewerage into the 



bays or thoroughfares behind the island. With this in vie\\', Ocean avenue, 
which is nearest the beach, will be higher than Brigantine avenue, which lies 

in the middle of the island. The 
beach will thus be kept free of 
sewerage and retain its natural 
condition of cleanliness. 

Water for domestic use is ob- 
tained by storing the rainfall in 
cisterns under the houses. Ar- 
tesian well water can be obtained 
at power house of trolley road. 
It is intended to distribute this 
in service pipes through the 
streets as soon as the consump- 
tion \\ ill warrant the expense. 




No. 3.— North Side of Seventh Street, North. 



FACILITIES OF ACCESS, 

TN 1890 the Brigantine Beach Railroad Company (now Philadelphia and 
Brigantine Railroad Company) built a road from the middle of the island, 
westward, to Brigantine Junction, a station on the Philadelphia and Read- 
ing Railroad, forty-five miles from Philadelphia. Of the total railroad distance 
of fifty-eight miles, between Philadelphia and Brigantine, seventy-five per 
cent, is made up of a double track division of the Reading system. As Brigantine 
passenger travel increases, it is plain that the running time of trains from 
Camden can be reduced to the present schedule time of trains to Atlantic City. 
Besides the two trains each day that connect to and from Philadelphia via. 
Reading Railway there are all the fast trains on both the Reading road and the 
Pennsylvania road that may be taken to reach Atlantic City, whence the steam- 
boat runs to Brigantine every few minutes. 

AN ELECTRIC RAILROAD, operated by the Brigantine Transporta- 
tion Company, in connection with ferry from Atlantic City, follows the main 
avenue its entire length — something over six miles. In its course through the 
island the track is located, on the average, only a block from the beach. This 
road was opened in May, 1893. 



S£E •PAGE 7 FOR ^PRICES OF LOTS. 



COTTAGES. 



In the summer of 1895 there 
were built eleven cottages. Seven 
of these belong to the Brigantine 
Company and four to individuals. 
These cottages were located on 
desirable lots, facing graded 
streets and built in a substantial 
manner, after architects plans. 
They differ in size and interior 
arrangements, but all of them 
contain a parlor or living room 
dining room, kitchen and four 
or more bedrooms. A majority 
of the cottages have been neatly 
furnished : matting in all rooms, 
carpet on stairs, piazza chairs, 
buffet in dining room, full bedroom suits and crockery, range, entire sets of 
kitchen utensils and table china. Nothing needed for housekeeping except 
linen and table cutlery. 

Each cottage is provided with a cistern to catch the rainfall, and a pump 
to raise the water to the kitchen. 




No 4— North Side of Fourth Street, North ; Also 

No. 7.— North Side of Second St., North, 

Near Ocean Avenue. 




No. 5.— South Side of Fourth St., North. Also 
No. 6.— North Side of Second St., North. 



People who do not wish to 
have cooking done at home may 
take their meals at the Holland 
House. 

Residents, hotel guests and 
cottagers at Brigantine may en- 
joy the attractions of Atlantic 
City to good advantage. After 
a short trip by trolley car and 
steamer, all the amusements in 
the City-by-the-Sea are at hand — • 
music at the Inlet, stalking the 
Boardwalk, the merry-go-rounds, 
toboggan slides, illusions, thea- 
tres, museums and piers. 



CALL AT LAND OFFICE FOR RENTS. 




Speaking generally, $300 
will buy a desirable lot at 
Brigantine ; $1,200 will build 
an eight room cottage. An 
investment of this kind will 
enable the owner to spend the 
summer months in a place that 
is perfectly healthful, attractive 
in its scenery and enjoyable 
? in its diversions. 

No 8.— North Side of Sixth Street, South. 

WE NOW HAVE FOR SALE 

The furnished and unfurnished cottages shown in the cuts. Price will cover 
lot and building. A reasonable amount of cost may remain on mortgage. 



RENT 

Of these cottages, for season, will vary between $150 and |!3oo. 



BUILDING LOTS. 



The section of the island first developed has been the central portion, 
embracing a tract, say two miles long and a half mile wide. In this area of a 
square mile there are at least twenty-three hundred lots — a majority of them 
being within two blocks of the ocean — many of them on the electric road, and 
all of them within a block of it; two-thirds of them within a half mile of the 
railroad station — several of them facing graded streets. 

In naming prices for such of these lots as we hold, we have been guided 
more by present availability than by a speculative idea of what the future may 
bring forth. We discriminate, therefore, in favor of lots situated nearest 
Division street ; those facing graded streets; those along electric railroad, as 
against lots at a distance from the improvements. Judging from the general 
experience in this regard, however, land values at Brigantine will eventually 
be higher along Ocean avenue, where the Boardwalk will establish itself, than 
through the middle of the island. 

Avenue lots are 50x125 ; side street lots, at north end, 50x100; at south 
end, 40x100. We not only sell single and double lots (100x125) but whole 
sections or blocks, say 200x800, containing twenty-two to thirty-two lots. 
Our prices for the blocks will be at a reduction from list. 

(If Maps are not received with this Pamphlet, they will be furnished upon application). 



ABSOLUTE FREEDOM FROM MALARIA, 



Prices of Lots^ June^ 1899* 



NORTH. 

BETWEEN 3D AND 20TH STREETS. 

On Ocean Avenue, 50x125, Inside Lot 
" " " Corner Lot 

Brigantine Avenue, 50x125, Inside I-ot 
" " " Corner I,ot 

Beach " " Inside Lot 

" " " Corner Lot 

Side Streets, 50x100: — 

Between Ocean Avenue, and Brigantine Ave 
" Brigantine and Beach Aves. 
" Beach Ave. and Bay Ave. 



WHERE STREET 
IS GRADED. 



^300 
400 



200 
250 

300 
250 



S450 
550 



375 
300 



Bay 



SOUTH. 

BETWEEN 3D AND 9TH STREETS. 

On Ocean Avenue, 50x125, Inside Lot 

Corner Lot . 
Brigantine Avenue, 50x125, Inside Lot 

Corner Lot 
Beach " " Inside Lot 

" " " Corner Lot 

" " Inside Lot 

" " Corner Lot 

" Side Streets, 40x100:- — • 

Between Ocean Avenue and Beach Avenue, 
Beach " " Bay 

BETWEEN 9TH AND 32D STREETS. 

On Ocean Avenue, 50x125, Inside Lot 
" " " " Corner Lot 

" Brigantine Ave., " Inside Lot . 
" " " " Corner Lot . 

" Beach " " Inside Lot . 

" " " " Corner Lot . 

" Side Streets, 40x100: — 

Between Ocean Ave. and Brigantine Ave., 
" Brigantine Ave and Beach Ave., 



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300 
150 

200 
200 

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SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 



REDUCTION. 



Provided a purchaser erects a 
suitable building within eight 
months, a rebate of twenty-five 
per cent, of the price of lot will 
be allowed. 




No.— FOUR WINDS COTTAQE. 
Third Floor Thrown into a Roof Garden. 



Installment Plan. 

. Lots priced at $150 or less, 
may be purchased on monthly 
installments, of not less than 
^8.00. Terms, ^5.00 down and 
subsequent payments due on 15 th 
of each month. Possession given 
upon signing of' contract. 

We give below the general location of some of our lots under a price 
classification, but we do not claim all the lots in the locations named, nor are 
all our lots in a given location necessarily of one price. Maps and terms of 
sale will be furnished upon application. 

^joo. — On side streets, from 21st to 50th Streets, north, 50x100 feet, between 
Brigantine and Beach Avenues. 
— On side streets, from 3d to 9th streets, south, 40x100 feet, between 

Beach and Bay Avenues. 
— On Ocean Avenue, inside lot, 50x125 feet, between 27th and 34th 

Streets, south. 
— On side streets, from 27th to 42d Streets, south, 40x100 feet, between 

Ocean and Beach Avenues. 
— On Brigantine Avenue, 50x125 feet, inside lot, between 42d and 6oth 

Streets, south. 
— On side streets, from 2d to 20th Streets, north, 50x100 feet, between 
Beach and Bay Avenues. 
$1^0. — On side streets, from 6th to i6th Streets, 40x100 feet, between Brigan- 
tine and Beach Avenues, south. 
— On side streets, from 9th to 2 2d streets, 40x100 feet, between Ocean 

and Beach Avenues, south. 
— On Brigantine Avenue, 50x125 feet, between 27th and 42d Streets, 

south. 
— On Ocean Avenue, 50x125 feet, corner lot, between 27th and 34th 
Streets, south. 



Those who buy early will secure, not only the choicest lots, but reap the greatest 
advantage from the ijicrease in the value of the property . 



$200. — On Beach Avenue, except where graded, 50x125 feet, l)et\veen 9th and 
2 2d Streets, south. 

— On side streets, 40x100 feet, from 9th to 2 2d Street, south, between 
Ocean and Brigantine Avenues. 

$2^0. — On Ocean Avenue, 50X- 
125 feet, between 
2 2d and 27th Streets, 
south. 
— On Brigantine Avenue, 
50x125 feet, between 
2 2d and 27th Streets, 
south. 
— On side streets, 40x100 
feet, from 6th to 9th 
Streets, south, be- 
tween Ocean and 
Brigantine Avenue ; 
also between Brigan- 
tine and Beach Aves. 
$300. — On Ocean Av., 50x125 feet, inside lot, between 9th and 22d Sts., south. 
$323. — On 7th St., south, graded, 40x100 feet, between Ocean and Beach Aves. 
$300. — On side streets from 2d to 21st Streets, north, 50x100 feet, between 

Brigantine and Ocean Avenues. JSot graded. 
$373. — On 2d Street, north, graded, 50x100 feet, between Brigantine and 

Ocean Avenues. 
$450. — On Brigantine Avenue, graded, 50x125 feet, inside lot, between 2d 

and 1 8th Streets, north. 
$400. — On Ocean Avenue, 50x125 feet, corner lot, between 4th and loth 

Streets, north. 
$330. — On Brigantine Avenue, graded, 50x125 feet, corner lot, between 2d 
and 20th Streets, north. 
Special prices will be made on whole sections, or blocks, say 200x800 
feet, between Brigantine and Ocean Avenues. 




No. 10. — North Side of Seventh Street, South. 



The advance in Atlantic City property is clearly shown by the following 
statements, which are not only well authenticated, but are confirmed by statis- 
tics of census reports and by records of assessments for taxes: 

In 1874 a lot on Pacific Avenue, 150x200 feet, was bought for $500. 
The same property is now assessed for ^150,000. 

In 1872 a lot on Arctic Avenue, 50x150 feet, was bought for $50. In 
1889 the same lot was sold for ^4,000. 

In 1884 a lot on the corner of Michigan and Baltic Avenues, 55x190 
feet, was bought for I50. In 1890^11 was sold for $1,750. 




No. 1 1— South Side of Seventh Street, Southt 



In 1876 a lot on the corner of Atlantic and Indiana Avenues, 150x150 
feet, was bought lor $600. In 1890 the owner was offered ^18,000, or $120 
per foot on Atlantic Avenue. 

Lots on Ohio Avenue above 
Atlantic, which were worth ^200 
twenty years ago, are now worth 
^3,000. 

About fifteen years ago, ^5,000 
was paid for property at Illinois 
Avenue and the Beach, 175x200 
feet, which to-day is worth $300, - 
000 without the buildings on it. 

One lot on Pacific Ave. wh ch 
was bought in 1890 for ^4,800, 
was sold in 1895 f*^^' ^7j5'^°- 

In 1883 a lot on Ocean Front, 
east side of Kentucky Avenue, 
sold for about ^6,000. To-day 
the same lot is worth ^300,000. 

In 1883 three lots on west side of Kentucky Avenue, with 150 feet 
fronting on Ocean, sold for about $7,000. The same property is worth to-day 
1150,000. 

Property on Atlantic Avenue, near Kentucky and Illinois Avenues, 
which sold in 1880 for $100 a foot, is now worth $300 a foot. On side streets, 
lots which were sold for $700 are now worth ^6,000. A lot in this neighborhood, 
150x225 feet, which was bought for $7,500, has since been sold for $75,000. 

Property extending from Pacific Avenue to the Ocean, along Florida 
Avenue, was sold in 1869 for $5,000 and subsequently for $25,000. At present 
an option has been given on it for $60,000. 

Lots on States Avenue which sold in 1891 for $3,900, have since sold 
for $5,000. 

Lots on St. Charles Place, which in February, 1895, were bought for 
$3,600, have been sold in August for $4,200. 

In 1868 the property between Pacific Avenue and the Beach, and 
extending from the Excursion House to Dennis' Cottage, was offered for 
$10,000. The same property is worth now a ?nilIion dollars. 

In 1870 three sections were bought in Chelsea for $1,200, and sold in 
1895 for $37,500. 

In 1884 properties bordering on California and Pacific Avnues and the 
Ocean Front, were bought for $10,000. The same have recently been sold for 

$92,500. 

In 1888 xjroperty on west side of Florida Avenue near Pacific, bought 
for $25,000, has since been sold for $70,000. 



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CASINO. 

A BUILDING designed for entertainment of residents and visitors to the 
island, will have bowling alleys, shuffle-boards and other games. Has 
a large dance pavilion next to roof, and booths on first fioor, where ice 
cream, drinks, and other refreshments may be had. 



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Built by BRIQANTINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY. 



BATHING. 

BRIGANTINE BEACH, owing to the protection it gets from the shoals off 
shore, is a safe one for bathers. There is seldom any undertow per- 
ceptible. The beach extends the length of the island, six and half miles, 
and is, of course, accessible at all points. 



SAILING, FISHING AND CRABBING. 

Rovvboats and sailboats are supplied by residents of the island, who are 
well acquainted with the bays and thoroughfares. The recreations of the sea- 
side resort are here afforded close at hand. No tiresome journey before the 
sport commences. 

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